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Guardians of the Galaxy solidified Chris Pratt as Hollywood’s next big leading man, but it also helped the careers of seemingly everyone else connected to James Gunn‘s box office dominating Marvel release as well. The most surprising of the bunch is Dave Bautista, who’s mostly only known in the professional wrestling world until he took the scene-stealing role of Drax the Destroyer. He won over movie audiences worldwide and now, according to Latino Review, he’ll put that newfound love to the test by portraying a villain in Sam Mendes’ upcoming James Bond film.

Chicago is not messing around right now. The songs and so-called anthems you hear coming out of the trap movement are no joke. Kids are dying over this stuff, and it’s getting worse by the week. This is the second story like this I have written in two weeks and I wish I could tell myself it would be the last. Please, Chicago. Stay safe.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that rapper Big Glo, real name Mario Hess, was shot dead last night in Englewood, IL. He was 33.

A Florida man is dead this evening after being shot and killed during a screening of Lone Survivor earlier today.

According to authorities, two couples had been watching the Mark Wahlberg led blockbuster Monday at a movie theater in Wesley Chapel, north of Tampa, when the shooter and his wife apparently took issue with the couple in front of them over use of the phones. Words were exchanged, tempers flared, and before the final scene played one of the men was dead.

It is not clear at this time what exactly was said to trigger gun violence, but police now …

Not long ago a person connected to the upcoming Warner Bros film Batman Vs. Superman told reporters that most people did not realize how far into pre-production the film actually was. We figured this meant a script was complete, or that some location scouting had commenced, but this morning we learned the truth is that production is set to begin much sooner than anyone could have anticipated. This weekend, in fact.

The East Los Angeles College Campus News is reporting production of the 2015 superhero film starring Henry Cavill as Clark Kent and Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne will take …

Holy shit, kids. This is the real deal. I know the post earlier broke the news, but the man himself has stepped forward and confirmed what is undoubtedly the biggest news to come out of Comic-Con week 2014.

According to /Film, Zack Snyder took the stage at the end of the DC panel today, gesturing that moderator Chris Hardwick should move aside. Snyder said, “I’m gonna take the lectern from you, because some shit’s going to happen up here.”

Snyder continued:

“It’s official that we are going to make another Superman movie. And you say, Zack, what is the …

The return of Arrested Development via Netflix next month is one of the most unique (and hyped) television events in the last decade. It’s the first time, at least to our knowledge, that a show was cancelled for more than half a decade before being brought back to life in a new format (direct-to-consumer/Netflix model), and star Jason Bateman says there is still hope for even more AD goodness in the future.

Speaking with I Am Rogue while promoting his movie Disconnected, the conversation eventually turned to the topic of Arrested Development. IAR asked if the once rumored …

After days and nights of interrogation, police have arrested 20-year-old Frank Briggs for the drive-by shooting of Bad Boy rapper French Montana‘s tour bus.

Philly.com reports that Briggs, “pulled up in a car and opened fire on a crowd gathered outside rap artist French Montana’s tour bus late Thursday night, after the bus stopped near a Holiday Inn Express on Columbus Boulevard.” New Yorker Jowann King (26) was fatally wounded in the shooting and an unnamed second man (28) was also wounded but survived.

Police have charged Frank Briggs with murder, attempted murder and several other crimes in this …

Scary stuff is happening all around the country. Last night in Philly, a man was shot and killed and another was injured by gunfire outside of French Montana’s tour bus.

Authorities said that an 27-year-old man was shot in the stomach and rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A second fan was also hit and is in stable condition at Jefferson University Hospital. There were witnesses around stating that rapper French Montana’s entourage were hanging with fans outside of their tour bus when someone opened fire.

Today is Rick Ross’ birthday. If the story developing below is any indication of how the MMG heavyweight’s big day is going, he may want to spend the rest of the day in bed.

An NBC affiliate out of Florida is reporting that rapper Rick Ross is believed to have been involved in an early morning shooting that resulted in a Rolls Royce colliding with a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex.

Officials are saying that around 5AM this morning shots were fired in the area of Southeast 15th Avenue and E. Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. At the time, the …

While playing their set in Oregon on Friday (December 14), Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe called for only 60 seconds of silence to remember the fallen children and teachers in Newtown, CT. He did not receive the respect asked for and immediately felt like walking off stage due to members of the audience cursing and laughing during the silence. Read his furious message to the people at the show below and comment with your thoughts.

“…I have never been more disgusted with an audience in my life. I wish we hadn’t played. We, lamb of god, asked for sixty …

Sometime today Christian Bale lived up to his heroic role as Batman when he quietly visited several of the victims of the Aurora shooting in the hospital.

The actor made the trip to Colorado on his own accord, not as a representative of any studio, with his wife Sibi. Bale contacted the hospital and arranged the visit in private, asking that no media outlet was to be informed. The hospital’s interim president, Bill Voloch, told reporters afterward that Bale had spent about two and a half hours visiting with the victims and the staff that was helping them.

A gunman opened fire at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Denver last night, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others. Witnesses say the gunman, who was wearing a mask, began shooting about 15 minutes into the film. Police said the man was carrying a knife, a handgun, and a rifle when he was arrested and that one other gun was recovered from the theatre.…